Past Events

Past Events




CSCC Speaker Series: "Symbolic Power and Subnational Identity in China and the USA"

- | Jonathan Hassid,  Associate Professor of Political Science, Iowa State University
CSCC Conference Room, Perelman 418, 133 S. 36th St.

Although studies of national patriotism are common, few scholars have examined how subnational (state, province, provincial-level city & autonomous region) identity is constructed and maintained. …




CEAS Humanities Series "Parallel Modernism: Koga Harue and Avant-Garde Art in Modern Japan"

- | Chinghsin Wu, Assistant Professor of Art History, Rutgers University
Annenberg 111

Chinghsin Wu is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Visual, Media, and Performing Arts at Rutgers University, Camden. She received her Ph.D. in Art History from the University of California, Los…




Korean Studies Colloquium with Soomin Seo

- | Soomin Seo, Assistant Professor, Klein College of Media and Communication, Temple University
623 Williams Hall 

What are the causes of bad journalism when it comes to North Korea? Based on in-depth interviews with and content analysis, Seo looks into the determinants of erroneous and sensationalistic reporting which surged…




February Japanese Film series “Tradition and Modernism in Japanese Cinema”

- | Cohen Hall 402 (Note: Claudia Cohen Hall is locked 24/7. People without Penn affiliations should arrive early to be let into the building.) 

Film of the day: Kinugasa Teinosuke, Page of Madness, 1926




4th Annual Penn China Research Symposium

- | Perry World House

The Penn China Research Symposium highlights China-related research from across the University. This year will address topics including the Future of U.S. – China Relations, urban design and sustainability, and…




CEAS Lunar New Year Celebration

- | Williams Hall 642 

Join CEAS director and staff for an informal celebration of the Lunar New Year. We'll have dumplings and spring rolls!




Daedalus Quartet: Migration through Music featuring Tan Dun's Ghost Opera

- | Harold Prince Theatre (3680 Walnut St, Philadelphia)
 

World Premiere

The Daedalus Quartet, Penn’s quartet-in-residence, explores migration through music, illustrating how centuries of cultural cross-pollination has enriched our artistic and…




Penn Economic History Forum: From State Resource Allocation to A ‘Low Level Equilibrium Trap’: Re-thinking Economic Performance in Mao’s China, 1949-78

- | Kent Deng, Professor, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)College Hall 209

Kent Deng, Professor of Economic History, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
Jim Huangnan Shen, University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)




CSCC: Roundtable on Taiwan Elections and Implications for Cross-Strait and U.S.-Taiwan Relations

- | Annenberg School of Communication, Rm 111, 3620 Walnut St.

Vincent Wang, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Political Science, Adelphi University; Margaret Lewis, Professor of Law, Seton Hall University;…




Korean Studies Colloquium "Korexit From Chinese Neo-Confucianism: Korean Empiricism and Epistemological Change in the Eighteenth Century"

- | Sang-ho Ro, Assistant Professor, Department of Korean Studies, Ewha Womans University
623 Williams Hall 

Neo-Confucianism is one of South Korea’s most important and long-lasting philosophical legacies from the past. In the Yi dynasty, Korean ways of thinking underwent significant changes when the ruling elites actively…